Susan Collins actually said...

"We intend to very closely and aggressively monitor spending of stimulus money ourselves."

"In the American Recovery Act, otherwise known as the stimulus bill, there is some very good language and good provisions to put us in a position to protect the taxpayers in the spending of this money."

"Now the challenge is to make sure that the billions of dollars provided by that law achieve the purpose of boosting our economy and saving and creating jobs."

"I think that Senator McCaskill has raised an important point, and it is a point that I had intended to raise as well."